The day started with presentations about the context of the Great Parchment Book project, and the three key elements – conservation, transcription and textual encoding, and digital imaging :

During the afternoon there were opportunities to see a range of damaged documents and discuss digital approaches to making them accessible:

 

And see demonstrations of the digital flattening software and even try it out for yourself:

The day ended with a Panel session (left to right: Professor Melissa Terras, UCL – Chair, David Howell, Bodleian Library, Emma Stewart, LMA, and Dr Tim Weyrich, UCL):